Sigma Tau Phi () was a historically Jewish Fraternity founded in 1918 and which merged into Alpha Epsilon Pi () in 1947.

History

Sigma Tau Phi was founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1918. It originally only admitted men in the fields of Engineering and Architecture, which restricted its expansion, but it admitted all men after its expansion to University of Cincinnati. It became a Junior member of the

National Interfraternity Conference The North American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC; formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of intercollegiate men's social fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began at a meeting a ...

in 1930. The membership as of 1945 was 1000. It merged with

Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Epsilon Pi (), commonly known as AEPi, is a college fraternity founded at New York University in 1913 by Charles C. Moskowitz and ten other men. The fraternity has more than 150 active chapters across the United States, Canada, United Kingdo ...

in March 1947.

Chapter List

The chapters of Sigma Tau Phi were: *Alpha -

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

- 1918 (Some sources say April 1917) *Beta -

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

- 1920 *Gamma -

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

- 1921 *Delta -

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

- 1925 *Epsilon -

Dickinson University , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = ...

- 1926 *Zeta -

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

- 1927 *Eta -

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

- 1929

Merger with Alpha Epsilon Pi

On March 22, 1947 the ''Alpha chapter'' was merged with Gamma chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. The Beta chapter became Omicron Deuteron of AEPi, the ''Gamma colony'' became ''Pi Deuteron'' at chartering, the ''Delta chapter'' became ''Rho Deuteron''. Of the remaining chapters, AEPi agreed to make efforts to reactivate the chapters at Dickinson and Temple but not the one at NYU as there was an active AEPi group there at the time. ''Alpha Pi chapter'' of AEPi established at Temple University in 1956 is considered to be a reactivation of ''Zeta chapter''. In addition, the Sigma Tau Phi Alumni Clubs in

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

and

Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

were granted charters with Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Symbols

*Periodical - ''The Record'' (Annual in December prior to convention) *Periodical - ''The News-Dispatch'' (Quarterly) *Periodical - Directory (Biannually) *Badge - Black Enamel with the Greek Letters set in pearls. *Pledge button - Circular with a gold hollow triangle on a Blue Background *Colors - Blue and Gold

References

{{North American Interfraternity Conference Defunct former members of the North American Interfraternity Conference Alpha Epsilon Pi Student organizations established in 1918 1918 establishments in Pennsylvania Historically Jewish fraternities in the United States Jewish organizations established in 1918

History

Chapter List

Merger with Alpha Epsilon Pi

Symbols

See also

References